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Austin: An Illustrated History
by David C. Humphrey
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0897811445
- ISBN 13
- 9780897811446
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Northridge, CA : Windsor Publications, 1985 Windsor Publications, Northridge, CA. 1985. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and board bottom edges. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($27.95); light bumping to head and tail; light rubbing to panels. Brown cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Pictorial endpapers. 375 pp 4to. Throughout this book the author captures dull and exciting episodes of the city's spirited history, depicting the events and the people responsible for Austin's character. This book is framed by more than 350 rare and historical photographs, skillfully and painstakingly assembled. Highlighting the book are twenty-four pages of striking color photographs, which cap a volume of history and art at its best. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014002
- Title
- Austin: An Illustrated History
- Author
- David C. Humphrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0897811445
- ISBN 13
- 9780897811446
- Publisher
- Windsor Publications
- Place of Publication
- Northridge, CA
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Austin Texas, Austin Texas history, Texas history, Colorado River in Texas, Sam Houston, Mexican Army, Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Austin Sesquicentennial Commission
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mexican War;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Price Clipped
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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